{"id":10595,"date":"2025-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/index.php\/news\/rector-major-appoints-fr-thathireddy-vijayabhaskar-as-personal-secretary\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:45:44","slug":"rector-major-appoints-fr-thathireddy-vijayabhaskar-as-personal-secretary","status":"publish","type":"province_news","link":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/news\/rector-major-appoints-fr-thathireddy-vijayabhaskar-as-personal-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Rector Major Appoints Fr Thathireddy Vijayabhaskar as Personal Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-wrap read-single social-after-title\">\n<header class=\"entry-header pos-rel\">\n<div class=\"read-details\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-details af-cat-widget-carousel\">\n<div class=\"figure-categories read-categories figure-categories-bg categories-inside-image\">\n<ul class=\"cat-links\">\n<li class=\"meta-category\">\n<p>                                 GC29<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"meta-category\">\n<p>                                 Main News<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Rector Major Appoints Fr Thathireddy Vijayabhaskar as Personal Secretary<\/h1>\n<div class=\"aft-post-excerpt-and-meta color-pad\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta author-links\">\n<p>                            <span class=\"item-metadata posts-author byline\"><br \/>\n                                            <i class=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p>              Admin-ING<br \/>\n                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>                            <span class=\"item-metadata posts-date\"><br \/>\n                    <i class=\"far fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n                    April 4, 2025                <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"aft-comment-view-share\">\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- end slider-section --><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-img pos-rel\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail full-width-image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/content_1767662976_1767662976.jpg\" class=\"attachment-morenews-featured size-morenews-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fr Reddy\" loading=\"lazy\">        <\/div>\n<p>                                                                                    <span class=\"aft-image-caption\"><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                    Fr Thathireddy Vijayabhaskar SDB                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                            <\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"color-pad\">\n<div class=\"entry-content read-details\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Salesian Province of Mary Help of Christians, Guwahati congratulates Rev Fr Thathireddy Vijayabhaskar SDB who was appointed by the newly elected Rector Major, Fr Fabio Attard, as his Personal Secretary at the Generalate in Rome. The appointment comes while Fr Thathireddy serves as the Salesian community\u2019s Rector at Colle Don Bosco, Italy.<\/h3>\n<p>Fr Thathireddy, 51, was born in 1974 to Innareddy and Mariamma in the Diocese of Nalgonda. One of four siblings, he joined the Salesian aspirantate in Gunadala in 1987. He made his first profession in 1993 and his perpetual profession in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>He pursued his theological studies at Kristu Jyoti College, Bangalore, and was ordained a priest in 2003 by Most Rev. Marampudi Joji. He holds a Doctorate in the Philosophy of Communication from the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS), Rome (2009), and postgraduate qualifications in secular disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Thathireddy is fluent in Telugu, English, and Italian. With his rich pastoral and administrative experience\u2014especially as a former Provincial and current Rector\u2014he is well-equipped to assist the Rector Major in his global mission to serve the young.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item-metadata entry-meta author-links\">\n                                    <\/div>\n<nav class=\"navigation post-navigation\" aria-label=\"Continue Reading\">\n<h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Continue Reading<\/h2>\n<div class=\"nav-links\">\n<div class=\"nav-previous\"><span class=\"em-post-navigation\">Previous:<\/span> South Asian Delegates Capture Historic Moment with Rector Major in Rome<\/div>\n<div class=\"nav-next\"><span class=\"em-post-navigation\">Next:<\/span> GC29 \u2013 Don Bosco Still Speaks at the 29th General Chapter<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Salesian Province of Mary Help of Christians, Guwahati congratulates Rev Fr Thathireddy Vijayabhaskar SDB who was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13325,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-10595","province_news","type-province_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rector_Major_Appoints_Fr_Thathireddy_Vijayabhaskar_as_Personal_Secretary_1767662979-1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province_news\/10595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/province_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}